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PM approves planning of Royal Citadel area
Prime Minister has recently approved a project for
the planning of the Thang Long Royal Citadel area in Hanoi.
Under the project, functional
construction works will be carefully evaluated before construction in order not
to affect the overview of the archaeological site.
Archaeological relics will be
preserved inside the area and some new functional sections will be built
including a museum, and a show room for ancient artifacts.
The archaeological site Thang Long
citadel is expected to become a historic and cultural park to attract more
visitors in the future.
Buddhist followers give generous donation to charity
The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha
donated VND16.3 billion to poor ethnic people, Agent Orange, flood victims, the
elderly and orphans in 2010.
The chapter Executive Council has maintained the
operation of a centre for raising orphans, disabled … [Read more...] about SOCIETY IN BRIEF 31/12

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Bridge - The Paracel (Hoang Sa) and the Spratly (Truong Sa) Islands are two archipelagos offshore Vietnam. The closest point of the Paracel Islands is 120 nautical miles east of the central city of Da Nang and Ré Island, a coastal island of Vietnam. Meanwhile, the closest point of the Spratly Islands is about 250 nautical miles to the east of Cam Ranh Bay, Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.
VN condemns Chinese intrusion
In the old days, with vague information about the Paracel and the Spratly Islands, navigators only knew about a large area in the middle of the sea with submerged cays, which was very dangerous for watercrafts, referred to as “Bien Dong (East Sea) by Vietnamese. Ancient Vietnamese documents indicate this area with various names, including “Bai Cat Vang” (Golden Sandbank), “Hoang Sa” (Golden Sand), “Van Ly Hoang Sa” (Ten-Thousand-Li [1] Golden Sand), “Dai Truong Sa” (Grand Long Sand), … [Read more...] about Historical documents on Vietnam’s sovereignty over Paracel and Spratly islands

PANO - “China will not renounce its irrational “nine-dashed line” claim because what it wants is to monopolize the whole East Sea for not only its economic but also strategic interests”, general Daniel Schaeffer, former advisor of the French Defence Minister and an expert on the East Sea said in an interview with the People’s Army Newspaper. The French general took part in the international conference, themed “Hoang Sa-Truong Sa-Historical Truth”, held in Da Nang city on June 19th-21st. In his speech delivered at the conference, general Daniel Schaeffer laid stress on the legality of China’s “nine-dashed line” claim. About this claim, he said that only Chinese people can define or explain what it is to the world. China first made public the map with the “nine-dashed line” in 1947. However, this line seems to be more important for China at present than that at that time, according to the French general. … [Read more...] about China wants to monopolize East Sea for strategic interests, says French general

Vietnam and China have issued a joint communiqué on the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China from April 7-10 at the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping. Following is the translated full text of the statement: 1. During the stay, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping; met with member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee and Premier of the State Council Li Keqiang; member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang; member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng. In a friendly and sincere atmosphere, the two sides informed each other of the situations in their respective Parties and countries, … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China issue joint communiqué

The 1988 battle against Chinese forces on Gac Ma Island, part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago in the East Sea, in which 64 Vietnamese naval soldiers were killed, should be included in textbooks, two historians have suggested. >> Vietnam launches program to honor fallen Hoang Sa-Truong Sa soldiers >> Sculptor proposes building stone island for Truong Sa heroes >> Memorial temple to warm souls of fallen Truong Sa heroes >> Vietnam to build memorial temple for fallen Truong Sa soldiers
Dr. Do Bang, vice president of the Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences, and Dr. Do Thanh Binh, a senior lecturer at the Hanoi National University of Education and a writer of history textbooks, put forward their suggestions during recent interviews with Tuoi Tre newspaper.
Besides the “Nghia Tinh Hoang Sa -Truong Sa” (“Sentimental Attachment to Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly)”) program, which has been launched to honor 64 Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Gac Ma battle should be included in textbooks: historians